I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.

We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.